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Aug 28, 2013 karen rated information technology it was amazing

i got this wonderful volume from connor for my birrrtthhddaaayyy!!!

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this is the first ever moomin volume, published in 1945. information technology was out of print for forever, and so reprinted in 1991, and so re-reprint

i got this wonderful book from connor for my birrrtthhddaaayyy!!!

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this is the first ever moomin book, published in 1945. it was out of print for forever, then reprinted in 1991, and and then re-reprinted in 2012. and now i has it.

the story itself is meandering and simple and dreamlike, but coupled with these astonishing illustrations, information technology is hard not to love it like candy:

i dear the mode the moomin characters look in this book - they are just rough sketches of what would subsequently evolve into the more circular and sugariness and familiar moomins of the later books.

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throughout the book, the artwork is split between very simple line drawings:

to these amazing sepia watercolors:

the story takes the shape of a journey past moominmamma and baby moomintroll to find where moominpappa, concluding seen in the company of the hattifatteners, has gotten himself off to. forth the fashion, they come across other characters who will later go moomin "regulars" and moomintroll will eat too much candy in a sort of willy wonka-type wonderland.

besides, at that place will be cats:

information technology's just a wonderful, magical volume in which all the moominroots tin can be seen and it is charming and sweet but as well very night, equally all the all-time children's books are.

this is my favorite drawing on the book, because of how simple and delicate and and innocent and evocative information technology is. this, to me, is just lovely.

if yous have never read a moomin book, change that now. they are perfect little jewels of creatures and everyone should have them in their hearts. whe!

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Jan 09, 2019 MischaS_ rated it did not like it

I know that I'm going to sound strange, but as a kid, I was terrified of moomins! And my mum ever kept reading it to me. And it terrified me! 👻😱😱 I know that I'm going to sound foreign, but as a kid, I was terrified of moomins! And my mum always kept reading it to me. And it terrified me! 👻😱😱 ...more

Dec 26, 2012 Emily rated information technology liked it

On no account should anyone trying Tove Jansson for the first time showtime with this book, the original Moomin story, published in 1945 and recently translated into English for the very showtime fourth dimension. Because of form at that place'south a reason why it was untranslated all these years (and, additionally, out of print in the original Swedish); it'south just not that good. The art piece of work is charming, but the story, which is quite short, is just kind of random, helterskelter, and unsatisfying. That being said, it's a g On no account should anyone trying Tove Jansson for the showtime fourth dimension start with this volume, the original Moomin story, published in 1945 and recently translated into English for the very first time. Because of course there's a reason why it was untranslated all these years (and, additionally, out of print in the original Swedish); it's just not that good. The art piece of work is charming, but the story, which is quite short, is but kind of random, helterskelter, and unsatisfying. That beingness said, it's a must for Moomin completists, and for me personally, merely learning of the being of this book was satisfying in that I finally understood what flood was being referred to at the beginning of Comet in Moominland, which used to be considered book one. As a kid I idea Jansson was referring to the one in Moominsummer Madness, a later book in the series, and was deeply dislocated well-nigh the time frame of the books, which, for a fourth dimension, rather put me off the moomins until I was older and amend able to cope with ambiguity!
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Oct 18, 2020 Spencer Orey rated information technology really liked it

A wandering start adventure. A bit scattered, like a fairytale, but the language is delightful and the lovely illustrations do a lot of descriptive piece of work.

This is my beginning Moomin book! What are your favorites?

I had heard of Tove Jansson and her Moomins, but that was pretty much the extent of my noesis. Information technology was therefore a lovely surprise to discover this fairy tale, featuring Moomintroll and Moominmamma in their search for a identify to alive and their long lost Moominpappa.

The writing is simple merely non devoid of lyricism. Being a translation, I tin but wonder at how the original text feels, and if this is even more pronounced. The story follows a 'typical' search with mini adventures punctuating the

I had heard of Tove Jansson and her Moomins, but that was pretty much the extent of my knowledge. Information technology was therefore a lovely surprise to discover this fairy tale, featuring Moomintroll and Moominmamma in their search for a place to live and their long lost Moominpappa.

The writing is elementary but not devoid of lyricism. Beingness a translation, I can merely wonder at how the original text feels, and if this is even more pronounced. The story follows a 'typical' search with mini adventures punctuating the narrative, some more dangerous than others, introducing us to different protagonists. Information technology is so sweet and withal, you tin can feel the darker undercurrent. Tove wrote information technology during the WWII and published it in 1945. It is therefore not surprising that this is a 'disguised' tale of families divided and highlights an anxious yearning for safety in all its meanings.

What did surprise me a lot was Tove's artistic skill! I had no thought she drew at all (I know, my bad) and her illustrations totally enchanted me. Wow! So simple in some occasions but full of feeling. I'one thousand in awe!

I don't know how this first volume compares with the residuum of the series, merely from a new reader, I am charmed. I'm specially tempted now to read her The Summer Volume.

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When I was a child and read Tove Jansson'southward evocative and audacious tale of how a comet threatens the Moomins and their valley (Comet in Moominland, although I really read information technology in German), I was rather annoyed and frustrated with and by the fact that while there were all these textual allusions and hints at the beginning of Comet in Moominland of there having previously been a massive flooding, the novel where this and so-called Nifty Flood occurs had never been translated from its original Swedish When I was a child and read Tove Jansson's evocative and audacious tale of how a comet threatens the Moomins and their valley (Comet in Moominland, although I actually read information technology in German), I was rather annoyed and frustrated with and by the fact that while at that place were all these textual allusions and hints at the kickoff of Comet in Moominland of there having previously been a massive flooding, the novel where this so-chosen Great Alluvion occurs had never been translated from its original Swedish (finally remedied in 2006 with this hither English language translation by David McDuff).

And after now after having read

The Moomins and the Bang-up Flood, I tin certainly and very much understand why this novel (which is considered the get-go Moomin tale and was orignally published in 1945, and was too for decades out of print even in its Swedish original), has only recently been translated (the simple fact beingness that although writer and illustrator Tove Jansson'south accompanying pictorial images are indeed glowingly descriptive, esoteric and for all intents and purposes wonderful, the actual text, the actual featured narrative, the story of The Moomins and the Bang-up Inundation is merely, is simply not in whatever fashion en par with the other Moomin novels). For the text feels majorly choppy, uneven and often so bare bones that ane might near assume ane is reading more of an outline of a novel than an actual and finished, polished cease production. I hateful, we as readers never really do manage to obtain all that much knowledge and information as to exactly why Moominpapa has ended up being missing. Yes, he has seemingly abased his family unit (his wife and young son) to travel with the Hatifatners, but no detailed and specific reasons equally to why are e'er really textually given. And fifty-fifty the Corking Flood itself is at least in my opinion rather a non event, is presented past Jansson equally being in that location, being a presence, but with merely scant description and portrayal (which as well and indeed seems to be the case with almost all of the diverse episodes of The Moomins and the Great Flood, the featured and presented nuggets of detail and of even storytelling charm, pieces of information that seem important for a curt while merely then like a flame, sputtering out, failing to coagulate into a harmonious whole).

And thus, while I exercise appreciate finally having had the opportunity to read, to experience Tove Jansson's very offset Moomin volume and cheer the fact that her

The Moomins and the Great Alluvion was in 2006 translated from the original Swedish into English (as well as subsequently into other languages), is once more in print and every bit available as the residual of the Moomin series (since information technology does in fact clean upwards some loose ends and presents how the Moomins originally reach their valley, and also how they come across and in many means get saddled with the intriguing and sometimes a trifle frustrating kangaroo-like fauna who in the later Moomin novels is known every bit Sniff), I withal have constitute The Moomins and the Dandy Flood simply rather very mildly agreeable and entertaining at best, and the novel'due south general writing style, its textual authorial presentation too scattered, besides unfinished and besides unpolished to be considered with more than ii stars (and exit the truth and caveat that the sequels are definitely much superior and are to be in all ways preferred and recommended above The Moomins and the Nifty Flood which I really would merely suggest for serious Moomin series fans and completists). ...more

Sep 03, 2021 Melki rated it liked information technology

Perhaps the time has come for me to throw up my hands and admit that I don't get the Moomins. A few years agone I waded unhappily in the Bergmanesque affective that is Moominvalley in November. And, at present I've wandered aimlessly through the offset book in the serial. Though this one didn't leave me filled with the crushing meaninglessness of life that the other championship did, I notwithstanding accept non defenseless Moomin Mania.

This niggling tale reminded me of beingness a kid, and trying to have a 1000 risk while your

Mayhap the time has come for me to throw up my easily and admit that I don't get the Moomins. A few years ago I waded unhappily in the Bergmanesque melancholia that is Moominvalley in November. And, now I've wandered aimlessly through the offset book in the series. Though this one didn't leave me filled with the burdensome meaninglessness of life that the other championship did, I still accept not caught Moomin Mania.

This little tale reminded me of beingness a kid, and trying to have a grand gamble while your mother tags along, nagging at you to put on a sweater before yous catch a nasty chill.

I've even so got the residuum of the series to read.

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Jan 10, 2016 Hilary rated information technology information technology was amazing

Recommends information technology for: Moomin fans

We loved reading this starting time moomin book again. Lovely to see the starting time tentative drawings of the moomins. We were actually shocked how this book must have hugely influenced Roald Dahl, this story pre dates charlie and the chocolate factory but has likewise many similarities to exist a coincidence.

I loves me some Moomins!
This is the original story, coming in 1945 before the comic strip or the first of the famous novels, Comet in Moominland. Information technology has none of the satire of either of the former simply information technology does have the aforementioned baroque, delightful, magical earth of foreign creatures and peculiar adventures, featuring everybody's favourite troll family. Speaking of delightful, Jansson'due south illustrations are as wonderful and playful as y'all would expect. This edition is an inexpensive fairly large format ha I loves me some Moomins!
This is the original story, coming in 1945 before the comic strip or the get-go of the famous novels, Comet in Moominland. It has none of the satire of either of the quondam merely it does have the same bizarre, delightful, magical world of strange creatures and peculiar adventures, featuring everybody'due south favourite troll family unit. Speaking of delightful, Jansson's illustrations are equally wonderful and playful equally you would expect. This edition is an cheap fairly large format hardback that allows for reprinting said illustrations at a size worthy of them and in superior quality, too. It's a quick, fun read, a short story even past kiddy standards, fantabulous for filling in a moment when I was unable to focus sufficiently for my more than enervating current reading projects. ...more

Every bit far as my retentiveness goes into my childhood, I've always loved Moomins. My copy of Moominland Midwinter was not only my nigh prized possession when I was a child but probably the reason why I became a reader in the first place. And so information technology's very weird for me to read this volume for the kickoff time as an adult, considering that this was the start Moomin novel e'er published. I tin can't believe this book was published back in 1945! The divergence between this and the newer volumes is very hands spotted, esp

As far equally my memory goes into my childhood, I've always loved Moomins. My copy of Moominland Midwinter was non but my most prized possession when I was a child but probably the reason why I became a reader in the first identify. So it's very weird for me to read this book for the first time as an adult, considering that this was the first Moomin novel ever published. I can't believe this book was published dorsum in 1945! The departure betwixt this and the newer volumes is very easily spotted, particularly in the artstyle. This was a wholesome, cute tale of how The Moomins family unit came to be reunited and found their pretty house they will alive in for the rest of their adventures. A beautiful northern fairytale with a taste of nostalgia and folklore. Just how I like information technology! A beautiful treasure for whatever Tove Jansson's fan :)))

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#2016-aty-reading-challenge-calendar week-30: A fairytale from a culture other than your own.

The first of the Moomin fairytales by the Scandinavian author, Tove Jansson, is quite charming. Moomintroll and his mama gear up off on an odyssey to find a dainty sunny place where they can build a house. Along the way, they make new friends, confront dangers and reunite with Moominpappa. A timeless children's classic.

#2016-aty-reading-claiming-week-30: A fairytale from a civilisation other than your own.

The first of the Moomin fairytales by the Scandinavian author, Tove Jansson, is quite charming. Moomintroll and his mama set off on an odyssey to find a nice sunny place where they tin build a house. Forth the style, they make new friends, face dangers and reunite with Moominpappa. A timeless children's classic.

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A lovely, charming, niggling story about a family of cute trolls and their friends who are looking for their lost papa. Heaps of babyhood nostalgia and nevertheless enjoyable as an adult (although my adult cocky found the plot a footling random, if I'm honest).

Although I came across the moomins every bit a kid and read a couple of the books, this kickoff in the series, in a contempo English translation, was new to me. This presents the moomintroll globe in a prototype form. The illustrations prove them as less well rounded than their familiar later on incarnations, and the Sniff character joins them for the beginning time but is unnamed, and is merely 'the piffling animal' or similar throughout. There is also a nice dryad blazon character who bows out before the strory ends Although I came beyond the moomins as a child and read a couple of the books, this first in the series, in a recent English translation, was new to me. This presents the moomintroll globe in a paradigm form. The illustrations show them as less well rounded than their familiar after incarnations, and the Sniff graphic symbol joins them for the get-go fourth dimension but is unnamed, and is just 'the little creature' or similar throughout. There is also a dainty dryad type grapheme who bows out earlier the strory ends, and who I have not encountered in the others I've read. However, some of the groundwork is sketched in, with mentions in passing of some of the weird characters that populate moomintroll earth: Hemulens and Snufkins for example.

Where the book has weaknesses, they are in both characterisation and plot. Moomintroll and his mother are on a sometimes perilous quest, just their motive changes. They kickoff off looking for somewhere to brand a warm home to hibernate over wintertime, only along they way their journeying turns into a search for Moominpapa who went off with the Hattenfatteners, another strange fauna I'd previously encountered in other tales. He seems to take left their original habitation, behind the stove in a human dwelling, for no really defined reason other than wanderlust.

The other problem is that the flood of the title is a bit of a damp squib when it finally happens. However, the illustrations which include sepia paintings as well every bit the usual line drawings make up for that, and the production of the editon by 'Sort ofBooks' is very nicely done, and then overall I'one thousand rating this at four stars.

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I remember Moomintroll from Idiot box adaptations and Jackanory readings from when I was a child, but I've never read any of Jansson's Moomin stories until now. I liked information technology!

The story has its interesting points, but what makes this book for me are Jansson's illustrations - very foreign, phantasmagorical and other-worldly.

The slim story is a series of episodes in the journeying made by Moomintroll and Moominmamma, searching for the missing Moominpappa who, for no skilful reason that I tin discern, has left his

I call up Moomintroll from TV adaptations and Jackanory readings from when I was a child, but I've never read whatever of Jansson's Moomin stories until now. I liked it!

The story has its interesting points, but what makes this book for me are Jansson'southward illustrations - very strange, phantasmagorical and other-worldly.

The slim story is a series of episodes in the journey made by Moomintroll and Moominmamma, searching for the missing Moominpappa who, for no good reason that I can discern, has left his family to go a-wandering with the rather creepy Hattifatners. The "little creature" they meet and adopt (named Sniff in later books) is reminiscent of Piglet, Winnie-the-Pooh's friend, being hands frightened and rather timorous through virtually of the story. Tulippa is a rather mysterious "flower-fairy", who joins their company for a while, before somewhat capriciously deciding to shack up with a lighthouse keeper (if information technology was a lighthouse). So at that place'due south the sometime human being who has created a world fabricated out of chocolates (Fazer brand), sweets and lemonade, prefiguring Dahl's Willy Wonka, though I'm uncertain every bit to any direct connection.

A neat story for children, and I'm distressing that I didn't come to these books in time to read them to mine - I think I've a while to await for grandchildren, merely when they make it Moomintroll will be waiting for them!

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October xiv, 2017 evelina rated information technology liked it

As someone who grew up in Sweden, the Moomins have always been a role of my babyhood. I watched the Television series with my parents because they were a bit too scary sometimes. I went to the library to infringe the computer games and sat in our closet, building ice castles with Moomin. I ate my cereal with a moomin-spoon, really I withal do. Even my wallet has Moomins on it. Only I realised that I never read the books, therefore I decided that I should read them.

This is the beginning in the series and it'

Equally someone who grew upward in Sweden, the Moomins have ever been a part of my childhood. I watched the Tv set series with my parents considering they were a bit too scary sometimes. I went to the library to infringe the estimator games and sat in our closet, building ice castles with Moomin. I ate my cereal with a moomin-spoon, really I still do. Fifty-fifty my wallet has Moomins on it. Only I realised that I never read the books, therefore I decided that I should read them.

This is the beginning in the serial and it's a really short book. I've heard a lot of people saying that this is the to the lowest degree good in the series. It'due south simply brusque and sweet, and the art piece of work is lovely! Simply I feel like you can skip this and beginning on the second book too, since this is more like a random story which brings an introduction to the Moomins.

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Oct 12, 2017 Smitha Murthy rated it really liked information technology

Awww, I hadn't even known of the existence of Moomins until yesterday. These are short, delightful reads - I wish mine was an illustrated 1, though! Awww, I hadn't even known of the beingness of Moomins until yesterday. These are curt, delightful reads - I wish mine was an illustrated ane, though! ...more

For my full review: http://girlwithherheadinabook.co.united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland/ii...

2017 has been the year of my Moomins Renaissance , inspired in no pocket-size part past my visit to the exhibition in the Southbank Middle which actually helped to put the background mythology of the series into context.  Like all of the best literature written for children, information technology tin be just as easily enjoyed by adults.  Every bit long as you tin can actually get concord of it of course - despite being the first story written, The Moomins and the Groovy Flood was

For my full review: http://girlwithherheadinabook.co.u.k./ii...

2017 has been the year of my Moomins Renaissance , inspired in no small part by my visit to the exhibition in the Southbank Centre which really helped to put the background mythology of the series into context.  Like all of the best literature written for children, it can exist but equally easily enjoyed by adults.  Every bit long as y'all tin actually get concur of it of course - despite being the first story written, The Moomins and the Great Flood was not translated into English language until 2005 and this edition was just released by Sort Of Books in 2012.  Having finally tracked down a copy, it was with please that I settled downwards to actually read it.  I was non disappointed.

Beautifully illustrated with Jansson'southward original full-color watercolours, The Moomins and the Corking Overflowing showcases Jansson every bit an artist more so than any of its sibling stories.  It as well had a greater fairytale feel, even opening with the words 'Once Upon a Time' and telling the story of a lilliputian Moomintroll and his mother looking through the wood for his lost begetter.  Moominmamma feels incomplete without her spouse and the figure of the always cocky-centred Sniff does non all the same seem quite like himself, referred to as 'the piffling creature'.

With many of the most familiar characters non introduced until Comet in Moominland, this story has the note of a prelude, of Jansson still finding her story.  Fifty-fifty the illustrations themselves show subtle differences, with the snouts of the Moomins being slightly narrower.  There is also none of the typical humour or satire, but Jansson was in a very dissimilar place emotionally when she first sabbatum downwardly to create the Moomins.

Every bit with all Moomin-related media, a darker tale lurks beneath the surface.  Showtime published in 1945 and written during the war period, The Moomins and the Dandy Flood is a tale of displaced people, divided families and the desperate yearning to find a home.  Jansson was herself deeply anxious and very depressed during this fourth dimension and it is natural that this should be expressed through her work.  Fifty-fifty as a child, I always found the Hattifattener figures to be very unnerving and here, their first approved advent, they appear almost like zombies.  Even the usually level-headed Moominmamma grows frustrated with their blank lack of expression.  What does the Hattifattener figure actually mean?  Are their blank inert faces the depiction of trauma?  Or do they represent people who shut their eyes and ears to what was happening to those around them?

Despite the melancholy, Great Alluvion is notwithstanding taking the reader towards a good identify and nosotros become the catastrophe that nosotros wait and deserve - the family unit is reunited and all ready to gear up home in Moominhouse, which is congenital in the shape of a round stove, a reference to the stoves that moomintrolls used to live in until the advent of primal heating.  Despite the suggestions of despair through the story, there is still a consistent thread of reassurance in the shape of Moominmamma - her pocketbook volition virtually e'er have a solution and her arms are always open to whatsoever animal in distress.  There are times when even equally an adult I would dearest to have someone like her to turn to.

I adored the Moomins every bit a child but with with then few of the books in print in English back and so, I was reduced to reading Finn Family Moomintroll repeatedly and ever with the vague feeling that some part of the story was missing, with so many references to by events that I felt I was supposed to empathise.  It has been a lot of fun this yr going back through to find the missing pieces of the Moomin puzzle.  On every level, the books are beautiful - Philip Pullman describes them every bit 'the perfect spousal relationship of discussion and picture' and that is such an apt description.  Without the words, this is a cartoon strip about a group of tiny hippos going on an adventure.  Without the pictures, nosotros have an incomprehensible jumble of fabricated-up words behaving eccentrically.  United, we take magic.

With the cast not yet quite gathered, Groovy Flood is not elevation-Moomin material - I particularly missed Snufkin - but information technology nonetheless a lovely addition to the canon.  Perhaps Comet or Finn Family may serve as a meliorate introduction for new fans  but established followers of the story volition not wish to miss out on the Moomin origin story.  At that place is always something deeply comforting about returning to Moominvalley and it is reassuring to know that this feeling was present in the stories from the moment Jansson showtime put pen to paper.

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Jul 15, 2016 Kirsty rated it it was amazing

As with all of Tove Jansson'due south piece of work, The Moomins and the Neat Inundation is an absolute delight. I chose to reread it during the summer, and gloried over again in its cute illustrations, and its inventive story. The artwork here is both whimsical and dark, and sets the tone wonderfully. Immersive and glorious. As with all of Tove Jansson'south piece of work, The Moomins and the Great Flood is an absolute delight. I chose to reread information technology during the summertime, and gloried once more in its beautiful illustrations, and its inventive story. The artwork hither is both whimsical and dark, and sets the tone wonderfully. Immersive and glorious. ...more

Dec 15, 2020 Ulysse rated information technology actually liked it

I tin can't tell what I similar better: Tove Jansson'south writing or her illustrations. They get then well together like sunshine and h2o on a bright summer solar day. I can't tell what I like better: Tove Jansson's writing or her illustrations. They get then well together similar sunshine and water on a bright summer 24-hour interval. ...more

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My washing machine lives in the kitchen. When it overflowed the other 24-hour interval, I defenseless myself thinking: "Ah, well, I was planning to scrub the floor anyhow." Moominmamma has always been my office model. My washing machine lives in the kitchen. When it overflowed the other 24-hour interval, I caught myself thinking: "Ah, well, I was planning to scrub the flooring anyway." Moominmamma has ever been my part model. ...more than

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I don't really know Moomin characters like many of you exercise: I didn't see a Moomin volume until the age of 7 or 8 (and think realising these were the Moomin things some of the other kids had been talking about) By then, they looked a chip 'babyish'. I read the then-available books very quickly and frequently once simply.

So reading this - recently translated to English language for the first time - I had little to no thought of how different the grapheme

Read now considering of the weblog event Women in Translation Month.

I don't really know Moomin characters like many of y'all practise: I didn't see a Moomin book until the age of vii or 8 (and remember realising these were the Moomin things some of the other kids had been talking about) Past then, they looked a bit 'babyish'. I read the and then-bachelor books very quickly and often one time only.

Then reading this - recently translated to English for the outset time - I had little to no idea of how different the characters' personalities were from afterwards volumes - only that the drawings got better subsequently and Moomins became cuter and rounder. (There's still a really sweetness picture of one asleep hither.) I don't know if the teenage boy in the lighthouse is a proto-Snufkin. (I establish out a few months ago that Snufkin was a popular graphic symbol to take childhood crushes on - much less embarrassing than my equivalents, as I used to call back we could grow up to be cartoon characters of different species.)

This is a Quest story and there's a new mini-adventure and a new near-deus-ex graphic symbol almost every double page. Are books for pocket-sized kids usually like that?
(Some of the memorable short term characters included the man with the forest of sweets - if this wasn't the first translation, 1 might assume he inspired Roald Dahl; the [teenage] tulip girl with blue pilus; and the very featherbrained ambitious ant-lion who likes kicking sand at people.)
It's all a lot of fun, (sometimes it's nigh as foreign as Yellow Submarine) though I did think it a fleck also trusting, not ever explaining why they throw their lot in with people, and absolutely everyone turning out to exist alright. (Only and then you get a similar propensity to assume people will exist trustworthy in feelgood modernistic Scandinavian films.)
Having heard how some parents detect certain kids' books encourage children to exist a nuisance (Horrid Henry, is one, I believe), Moomins must be a nice contrast. They are not boring, but they are still polite, and non destructive.

I'm non the correct type of much-too-old reader for kids' books: I question too many things. (I asked nerdy awkward questions as a child, just didn't discover so many things.) Was pleased that some of my questions were answered by the book: it turns out that Moominmama and Moomintroll were going through the forest looking for somewhere to build a home, because Moomins traditionally lived behind stoves, only couldn't tolerate cardinal heating, and moved outdoors when their families got information technology installed. So they are a kind of friendly archaic household spirit! And that makes me like them more.

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Aug 02, 2015 Mathew rated it it was amazing

Tove Jansson'south first novel for children, published in '45 carries with it the sense of tension and foreboding that she herself felt at the dawn of war. Moominmamma and Moomintroll enter the night wood in the hope of finding a new domicile and some sunlight. Their journey takes them to some magical places where they meet some wonderfully original and brilliant creatures until they hear discussion that Moomintroll's father, who had gone missing, may exist close by. This story powerfully evokes a sense of danger and Tove Jansson'south first novel for children, published in '45 carries with it the sense of tension and foreboding that she herself felt at the dawn of war. Moominmamma and Moomintroll enter the nighttime wood in the hope of finding a new home and some sunlight. Their journey takes them to some magical places where they meet some wonderfully original and vivid creatures until they hear discussion that Moomintroll'due south male parent, who had gone missing, may be shut by. This story powerfully evokes a sense of danger and hostility within a dark globe; even so Moominmamma's wonderful resolve and deep love for all those nether her care act every bit a guiding low-cal throughout. Children will love all the different settings and creatures that they would encounter. It's a story, an author and a earth that I have fallen for: large fourth dimension. ...more than

Despite being a massive Moonin fan when I was a kid, for some reason I never concluded up reading the books. I'm trying to fix that now. And what's a better start than the start Moomin volume ever?

The Moomins and the Not bad Flood is a short story of Moomintroll and Moominmamma searching for Moominpappa, who's gone off adventuring with Hattifatteners. Forth their journeying, Moomintroll and Moominmamma meet curious creatures and persons, and observe themselves in scary equally well as in peculiar places. Tove'south dr

Despite being a massive Moonin fan when I was a child, for some reason I never ended up reading the books. I'm trying to fix that now. And what'south a better start than the start Moomin book ever?

The Moomins and the Groovy Inundation is a brusk story of Moomintroll and Moominmamma searching for Moominpappa, who's gone off adventuring with Hattifatteners. Forth their journey, Moomintroll and Moominmamma meet curious creatures and persons, and find themselves in scary as well equally in peculiar places. Tove'southward drawings and paintings actually makes this book come alive.

This was an odd read for someone who've seen the blithe TV show for hundreds of times, but it was still very interesting as this was the book that started it all. And it already has many unique elements that are familiar in the later Moomin installments.

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January 24, 2016 Nicole Miles rated it really liked it

Recommends information technology for: Miyazaki fans

Delightful, charmingly illustrated fiddling story. The first fourth dimension I was introduced to Moomins was by a uni friend only near 5 years ago. I watched one episode and thought it was baroque, a little scary and intriguing. After that brief introduction, I idea I'd look into this Moomins fairytale and I can't assistance merely feel a little sad that Moomins were not part of my childhood. Like a Scandinavian Miyazaki, Tove Jansson's Moomin characters and globe feel both real and fanciful. Though uncomplicated in sty Delightful, charmingly illustrated little story. The first time I was introduced to Moomins was by a uni friend only nearly 5 years ago. I watched ane episode and thought it was bizarre, a little scary and intriguing. After that brief introduction, I idea I'd look into this Moomins fairytale and I can't aid simply feel a little sorry that Moomins were not office of my childhood. Like a Scandinavian Miyazaki, Tove Jansson's Moomin characters and world feel both real and fanciful. Though simple in style, the story subtly reveals full characters with personalities.
A minute grievance: I wouldn't have named this story The Moomins and the Not bad Alluvion considering how lilliputian a part the overflowing plays. Something about finding a home might have been more fitting. ...more

Who could not love the Moomins? Jansson's desire to escape the bleak realities of the war spawned a nostalgic and comforting world to which to retreat. A simple dawdle in the wind, a distraction, a hark dorsum to the forests and valleys of childhood resulted in the Moomins family, who filled the hearts of children with a fuzzy warmth during a fourth dimension of nifty cold.

I happily started the Moomins serie! It is adorable and and so so overnice to only go to know their story and adventures!
I'm looking forwards to reading the following books for I know they're going to be happy reads I happily started the Moomins serie! It is ambrosial and so so nice to just get to know their story and adventures!
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Jan 04, 2012 Robert Beveridge rated it actually liked information technology

Recommends it for: Moomin fans everywhere

Recommended to Robert past: fan of author

Tove Jansson, The Moomins and the Great Flood (Schildts, 1945)

I detect it phenomenal that The Moomins and the Great Flood, the commencement tale in one of the most beloved series of kids' books in the entire world, has only ever been published in English one time, in a small run, past a Finnish publisher. (As far as I know, the rest of the Moomin books take non been out of print in America in my lifetime.) Copies of it are quite love on this side of the swimming, and so a Finnish friend took pity on me for Christmas l

Tove Jansson, The Moomins and the Great Flood (Schildts, 1945)

I find information technology phenomenal that The Moomins and the Great Alluvion, the first tale in one of the nigh beloved series of kids' books in the unabridged world, has just e'er been published in English language once, in a small run, past a Finnish publisher. (Every bit far as I know, the rest of the Moomin books take non been out of print in America in my lifetime.) Copies of information technology are quite dear on this side of the pond, then a Finnish friend took compassion on me for Christmas last year, picked upwardly a copy at the far more reasonable price one can observe it in bookshops in Helsinki, and sent information technology winging beyond the ocean to me.

It's a slim book, information technology tells the tale of how the Moomin family came to inhabit Moominvalley, and that is pretty much all I should need to tell y'all if you are at all familiar with Jansson's moomin books. (And isn't everyone?) In every other respect, it is just as much a moomin books as whatever of the others, with that otherworldly fairytale quality and the raft of quirky, agreeable characters and Jansson's wonderful fiddling sketch-similar drawings and weird little events creeping in round the dges of the plot and all the other things that make these books so downright delightful. Information technology's worth cultivating European friends to get your hands on a copy, or pressuring Square Fish (who now seem to own press rights to the series in North America) to do a domestic run of The Moomins and the Great Alluvion for the showtime time ever. Any you exercise, if you're a fan of the serial, you want to get your hands on this. ****

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Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally written in Swedish.

Although known kickoff and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as writer and painter to exist of equal importance.

Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin

Tove Jansson was built-in and died in Helsinki, Republic of finland. Every bit a Finnish citizen whose female parent tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally written in Swedish.

Although known offset and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as writer and painter to be of equal importance.

Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Corking Flood (1945), during Earth State of war II. She said subsequently that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naive and innocent. Too the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated iv original and highly pop motion-picture show books.

Jansson'south Moomin books accept been translated into 33 languages.

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